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Heart-powered pacemaker could one day eliminate battery-replacement surgeryAnn Arbor, MI (SPX) Mar 09, 2012 A new power scheme for cardiac pacemakers turns to an unlikely source: vibrations from heartbeats themselves. Engineering researchers at the University of Michigan designed a device that harvests energy from the reverberation of heartbeats through the chest and converts it to electricity to run a pacemaker or an implanted defibrillator. These mini-medical machines send electrical signals to the heart to keep it beating in a healthy rhythm. By taking the place of the batteries that power them today ... read more |
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  Smart, self-healing hydrogels open far-reaching possibilities in medicine, engineering University of California, San Diego bioengineers have developed a self-healing hydrogel that binds in seconds, as easily as Velcro, and forms a bond strong enough to withstand repeated stretching. ... more | .. |
  Use of microfluidic chips a first in bitumen-gas analysis University of Toronto research team has developed a process to analyze the behavior of bitumen in reservoirs using a microfluidic chip, a tool commonly associated with the field of medical diagnosti ... more | .. |
 UK scientists develop optimum piezoelectric energy harvesters Scientists working as part of the Metrology for Energy Harvesting Project have developed a new model to deliver the maximum power output for piezoelectric energy harvesters. Piezoelectric mate ... more | .. |
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  Experiments going smoothly on Tiangong-1 Scientific and medical experiments being carried out onboard space lab module Tiangong-1 are seeing "good progress," according to a senior Chinese space technology expert. These experiments ar ... more | .. |
  US 'concerned' over Qaeda attacks in Yemen: Pentagon The United States is "very concerned" about the latest deadly attack by Al-Qaeda militants in Yemen, but believes the government will survive the assault, a Pentagon spokesman said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Qaeda assault kills at least 30 Yemeni soldiers Fierce clashes between the Yemeni army and Al-Qaeda in the country's restive south killed at least 30 soldiers and 12 militants on Sunday, medics and officials said. ... more | .. |
  US toddler dies in wake of tornado, toll at 37 A two-year-old girl who was found barely alive amid the bodies of her parents and siblings after horrific tornadoes hit the United States, died Sunday after a 48-hour fight for life. ... more |
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BlackSky expands Gen-3 access to bolster Ukraine-focused intelligence operations
Maxar secures $205 million in multi-year deals to boost space capabilities across MEA
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 Pristine Norwegian fishing area divided on prospect of oil Looking for oil outside your front door may sound exciting, but in the idyllic Arctic archipelago of Lofoten, one of Norway's best fishing areas, the prospect of the black gold has sparked heated debate. ... more | .. |
 Radical new 'focus later' camera begins shipping A radical new camera that lets you adjust the focus after you take a picture began shipping this week. ... more | .. |
 Chavez health hype worries Venezuelans When it comes to the health of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, seeing no longer is believing. ... more | .. |
  To celebrate prairie landscapes, research says to take an aesthetic approach A Kansas State University researcher and former park ranger is helping people take a new view of the prairie and see it as more than a seemingly empty landscape. Tyra Olstad, doctoral student in geo ... more |
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  Iraq car bombs kill six Car bombs in Baghdad and northern Iraq on Wednesday killed six people, including three security force members, and wounded at least 10, security and medical officials said. ... more | .. |
 Rainforest plant combats multi-resistant bacterial strains Aggressive infections in hospitals are an increasing health problem worldwide. The development of bacterial resistance is alarming. Now a young Danish scientist has found a natural substance in a Ch ... more | .. |
  Indonesia reports fourth bird flu death of the year A 12-year-old boy on the Indonesian resort island of Bali has died from bird flu, the fourth human death from the virus this year, an official said Saturday. ... more | .. |
  Light-emitting nanocrystal diodes go ultraviolet A multinational team of scientists has developed a process for creating glass-based, inorganic light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that produce light in the ultraviolet range. The work, reported this week ... more |
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Beijing decries 'discriminatory' ban on Chinese purchases of US farmland
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  Fastest wind from stellar mass black hole discovered The fastest wind ever discovered blowing off a disk around a stellar-mass black hole has been observed by a team of astronomers that includes a University of Michigan doctoral student. Using N ... more | .. |
  Dutch prince may never regain consciousness: doctors Dutch Prince Johan Friso, the second son of Queen Beatrix, suffered massive brain damage in an avalanche in Austria and might never regain consciousness, his doctors said Friday. ... more | .. |
  In Somalia, securing peace harder than seizing territory The bullet-scarred hospital is basic but operational, the school is simple but has laughing children. Small successes for most nations; a major achievement in war-torn Somalia. ... more | .. |
  Gas leak at China steel plant kills three A gas leak at an east China steel works Thursday left three workers dead and 10 injured, the government said, in the latest industrial accident to hit the nation. ... more |
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 China company opens bear bile farm to media A traditional Chinese medicine company at the heart of an angry Internet campaign accusing it of cruelty to animals opened one of its controversial bear bile farms to journalists on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Researchers make living model of brain tumor Brown University scientists have created the first three-dimensional living tissue model, complete with surrounding blood vessels, to analyze the effectiveness of therapeutics to combat brain tumors ... more | .. |
  Wild west approach to claiming the oceans' genetic resources must end New international agreements are required to ensure nations benefit equally from medicines, foods and biofuels derived from the ocean's untapped genetic riches, according to a panel of University of ... more | .. |
  Four wounded in Israeli air strikes on Gaza: medics Three people were wounded early Sunday morning in an Israeli air strike on Gaza, medical sources said, hours after another strike injured one man. ... more |
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China speeds up renewables building spree: report
French giant EDF will take 12.5 pecent stake in new UK nuclear plant
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 Dutch prince's condition unchanged after ski accident The condition of Prince Johan Friso, son of Dutch Queen Beatrix remained unchanged for the second night in an Austrian hospital after a horror skiing accident, the Dutch Royal House said Sunday. ... more | .. |
  'Go build' 4 research reactors, Ahmadinejad orders Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday ordered Iran to "go build" four more nuclear research reactors in addition to the sole one operating in Tehran. ... more | .. |
 Will bubble-powered microrockets zoom through the human stomach? Scientists have developed a new kind of tiny motor - which they term a "microrocket" - that can propel itself through acidic environments, such as the human stomach, without any external energy sour ... more | .. |
  Grass to gas: UGA researchers' genome map speeds biofuel development Researchers at the University of Georgia have taken a major step in the ongoing effort to find sources of cleaner, renewable energy by mapping the genomes of two originator cells of Miscanthus x gig ... more |
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 Peru rebel leader 'Artemio' wounded: defense ministry Peru's military on Sunday said "Artemio," leader of the once feared Shining Path guerrilla movement was alive but badly wounded, retracting an earlier presidential announcement that he had been killed. ... more | .. |
 Scientists develop MRI for batteries Scientists have now unravelled a tool of medical diagnostics to improve a battery's performance and its safe internal workings, a study reveals. ... more | .. |
 The butterfly effect in nanotech medical diagnostics Tiny metallic nanoparticles that shimmer in the light like the scales on a butterfly's wing are set to become the color-change components of a revolutionary new approach to point-of-care medical dia ... more | .. |
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